Raiffeisen wins “Deal of the Year” awards

Raiffeisen Bank International has won three awards from the prestigious international finance magazine, Trade Finance.

The bank took “Deal of the Year” awards for three Russian deals it was involved in worth a total of more than USD3bn.

The three transactions were a USD250mn structured finance facility provided to Russian oil firm LLC Enisey, a USD900mn syndicated pre-export loan facility provided to Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK), and a USD2bn pre-export finance facility for Mechel OAO, one of the leading mining and metals companies in Russia.

Karl Sevelda, Raiffeisen Bank International's Deputy CEO and responsible for Corporate Banking, said:"These awards prove both our expertise in the highly-specialized business segment of trade finance, as well as our excellent standing in Russia.”